Get upto 15,000 bonus AAdvantage® miles January 2013

[fersea]

See there is a new promo where you can get up to 15k bonus miles. Interestingly they say right from now that you can purchase up to 60k miles this year. From what I have been reading it was 40k then increased to 60k for the final promotion.

 

[DC3]

Re: AA buy miles promo, 50% bonus, increased annual limit to 60k

Yes, there's a new offer, as the previous one closed on 31/12/12, and maybe this offer should be in a new thread.

" .. Earn up to 15,000 bonus miles when you buy AAdvantage® miles this January ..

.. Limited time offer: Celebrate with 15,000 bonus miles for wonderful journeys in 2013, when you buy AAdvantage® miles between now and January 31, 2013. Get to extraordinary destinations and create a lifetime of happy memories faster..

Please allow 72 hours for the purchased miles to post to your account.
Please allow 5 days for the bonus miles to post .."

More details, here: Buy, Purchase, Gift And Share Frequent Flyer Miles | AA.com

Up to 60,000 miles can be purchased, although with a limit on the bonus of 15,000. Good for anyone who needs 75,000 miles in the next week or so. Cost is $1,650.00 USD.

 

[Princess Fiona]

AA buy miles promo, 50% bonus, increased annual limit to 60k

Yes, there's a new offer, as the previous one closed on 31/12/12, and maybe this offer should be in a new thread.

" .. Earn up to 15,000 bonus miles when you buy AAdvantage® miles this January ..

.. Limited time offer: Celebrate with 15,000 bonus miles for wonderful journeys in 2013, when you buy AAdvantage® miles between now and January 31, 2013. Get to extraordinary destinations and create a lifetime of happy memories faster..

Please allow 72 hours for the purchased miles to post to your account.
Please allow 5 days for the bonus miles to post .."

More details, here: Buy, Purchase, Gift And Share Frequent Flyer Miles | AA.com

Up to 60,000 miles can be purchased, although with a limit on the bonus of 15,000. Good for anyone who needs 75,000 miles in the next week or so. Cost is $1,650.00 USD.

Yes!!!! Just what I needed

 

[drivatruk]

Re: AA buy miles promo, 50% bonus, increased annual limit to 60k

Santa has come early....

 

[froggerADL]

Re: AA buy miles promo, 50% bonus, increased annual limit to 60k

Santa has come early....

I hope Santa can get some help with that issue

He's not as generous as he was before Christmas when it was 30,000 bonus points.

 

[medhead]

I hope Santa can get some help with that issue

He's not as generous as he was before Christmas when it was 30,000 bonus points.

But those who he visited before Christmas can now get another 75000 points. 165000 in a matter of days.

 

[Major]

Is there a maximum you can purchase in a calendar year ? If so there may be a better bonus offer later this year

 

[QF WP]

Major, the maximum used to be 40K (plus any bonuses) in a calendar year, per account. So any uplift in the base maximum is welcome.

I forgot to buy the additional mileage in December , so an early bonus is welcome. Yes, there could be a better bonus later in the year, but if people need the mileage now, then a bird in the hand...

 

[Major]

Major, the maximum used to be 40K (plus any bonuses) in a calendar year, per account. So any uplift in the base maximum is welcome.

I forgot to buy the additional mileage in December , so an early bonus is welcome. Yes, there could be a better bonus later in the year, but if people need the mileage now, then a bird in the hand...

Thanks LW...I took advantage of the Dec bonus offer but don't need miles at this stage, so I will wait. Hopefully a better offer later

 

[QF WP]

No, you took AAdvantage of the offer

I've seen between 15 and 25%. I'm like you - don't need any points right now

 

[Princess Fiona]

I've just topped up my own account with the promo. The 15K max bonus is available for a 40K purchase ($1200 USD inc. Fees and Tax) and this was enough for me

 

[amaroo]

Interesting!

The cost is cheap @ $1,650US however, paying the ATO on the amex you can get 150,000 QF points for $1,450.

Need to look into this AA caper.....does 75,000 AApoints get you very far in J or F? If you are fortunate enough to have the ATO option, is it better to remain QF focused or spread the love over to AA?

 

[DC3]

As an example, 72,500 AA miles can get you from anywhere in AU to anywhere in the USA travelling F, one way (depending on availability of course).

Award chart:

http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/aadvantageAllPartnerChart.jsp

 

[burmans]

Interesting!

The cost is cheap @ $1,650US however, paying the ATO on the amex you can get 150,000 QF points for $1,450.

Need to look into this AA caper.....does 75,000 AApoints get you very far in J or F? If you are fortunate enough to have the ATO option, is it better to remain QF focused or spread the love over to AA?

Personally I think the ATO option works best (even if my points are going to SQ rather than QF) but not sure it's an either/or for most of us given it depends on the size of your ATO bill. The amount I can put through the ATO each year is slightly less than what you have and is my case is tax deductable (but I'm not giving tax advice here!). So yes that's a no-brainer but that amount of points won't get me and mey wife where we want to get every year let alone the kids.

So the ATO points will give us (with a bit of supplementary spending) enough to take a decent trip every two years but if we want to do it every year we need to unvestigate the AA/US/Lifemiles options. Personnally not sure that AA is the best of those 3 options but plenty here will disagree with me. I would certainally agree its worth loking into (along with the other two options).

 

[amaroo]

As an example, 72,500 AA miles can get you from anywhere in AU to anywhere in the USA travelling F, one way (depending on availability of course).

Award chart:

http://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/aadvantageAllPartnerChart.jsp

Thanks for that. Based on buying Vs CC earning of points, they appear to produce the same value - for similar cost. However, I can see a big advantage if AAward availability is more plentiful than QFF or even better...additional to the QF allocation.

Is it possible to re-deem 2 x seats via QF & 2 x seats via AA on the same flight/day? Getting 4 J or F seats solely via QF can be difficult!

Personally I think the ATO option works best (even if my points are going to SQ rather than QF) but not sure it's an either/or for most of us given it depends on the size of your ATO bill. The amount I can put through the ATO each year is slightly less than what you have and is my case is tax deductable (but I'm not giving tax advice here!). So yes that's a no-brainer but that amount of points won't get me and mey wife where we want to get every year let alone the kids.

So the ATO points will give us (with a bit of supplementary spending) enough to take a decent trip every two years but if we want to do it every year we need to unvestigate the AA/US/Lifemiles options. Personnally not sure that AA is the best of those 3 options but plenty here will disagree with me. I would certainally agree its worth loking into (along with the other two options).

The ATO trough is truly wonderful, even at 1.45% - IMO it's a real bargain.

Our problem is not the amount of points we can accumulate....it's the amount of availability that QF dish out. If AA allows an increased seat availability (same flight/day) with QF or CX or BA or AA - then buying points with them is extremely attractive.

Can it be this easy?

 

[scheps]

IMHO oz to US in F is very very hard to find. But to LHR is much much much easier.

 

[QF WP]

Thanks for that. Based on buying Vs CC earning of points, they appear to produce the same value - for similar cost. However, I can see a big advantage if AAward availability is more plentiful than QFF or even better...additional to the QF allocation.

based on an earn versus burn, IMHO AA is better as the example flight above showcased - just check out the similar QF cost. Where else can you get 75K miles for $1,650USD based on buying direct from the airline (certainly nothing on OW airlines).

Is it possible to re-deem 2 x seats via QF & 2 x seats via AA on the same flight/day? Getting 4 J or F seats solely via QF can be difficult!

Not in F, but possible for a mix of F & J, particularly if you get the QFF award seats at the first opportunity (355 days) and then wait another month until they open up the award seats for AA. I have achieved this way, but only NZ to Australia.

I have achieved better success with CX (2xF and 2xJ), all with AA points.

 

[amaroo]

based on an earn versus burn, IMHO AA is better as the example flight above showcased - just check out the similar QF cost. Where else can you get 75K miles for $1,650USD based on buying direct from the airline (certainly nothing on OW airlines).

Agreed. I was comparing to the AMEX ATO earn for QF.....$1,450 for 150,000 points. Nets similar value for pretty much the same cost. Excluding fees/charges - not sure if AA are as ruthless as QF.

Not in F, but possible for a mix of F & J, particularly if you get the QFF award seats at the first opportunity (355 days) and then wait another month until they open up the award seats for AA. I have achieved this way, but only NZ to Australia.

I have achieved better success with CX (2xF and 2xJ), all with AA points.

I see this being the major benefit. Earning QF points is easy - using them for 4 prem seats is the difficultly.

 

[burmans]

Our problem is not the amount of points we can accumulate....it's the amount of availability that QF dish out.

Yes, that's one of the reasons my point go to SQ rather than QF, not only do you get a better burn rate you get much better chances to redeem, I've redeemed for 4 people over the school holidays! Don't want to subvert this into a OW vs *A argument though, AA can be very useful if your destimation is the states.

 

[markis10]

AA can be very useful if your destimation is the states.

Can be very useful if you want to go to NZ as well over the Australia Day long weekend for 35000 AA miles

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